Houston Mayor's Office

@houmayor · Houston, TX · joined 22 Feb 2019

Official Tweets from the @HoustonTX Mayor’s Office. News and information from Mayor John Whitmire’s administration and communications team.

51 054Followers

182Following

8 458Posts total

59.3KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views1 744this account3 644median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.42%this account11.83%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.74%this account1.36%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 744	3 644	0.48×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.42%	11.83%	0.29×
Engagement rate	0.74%	1.36%	0.55×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

1.7K1 Sep

2.2K

53.6K2 Sep

1.2K3 Sep

500

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.75%1 Sep

1.47%

0.88%2 Sep

0.69%3 Sep

0.40%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.36%.

What the audience does

Likes43.0%246 in total

Reposts6.1%35 in total

Replies36.0%206 in total

Quotes7.5%43 in total

Bookmarks7.3%42 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

It was a pleasure to welcome Christopher Jantz to Mayor Whitmire's office and recognize him on his 50th birthday. Chris, who has Down syndrome, is a wonderful example of how every Houstonian can make a difference. https://t.co/c0EIZ9KC3L 500 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies 03 Sep 2026 Houston’s airports are taking off! Yesterday, Houston Airports Director Jim Szczesniak gave City Council an update on the improvements already underway and the work ahead to make our airports better for travelers, employees, and our growing city. https://t.co/CDQiPlG58q 1.2K views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 5 replies 03 Sep 2026 We finalized an agreement with The Woodlands Township that is good to both communities—the Woodlands and Houston. Under this agreement, The Woodlands will pay the City of Houston $50 million in exchange for the certainty that the City will not annex the Township. https://t.co/6SA 53.6K views · 219 likes · 25 reposts · 190 replies 02 Sep 2026 Mayor Whitmire says the City opened its emergency center Sunday and has worked around the clock with @HoustonOEM, @houstonpolice, @HouPublicWorks, @CenterPoint and public safety partners to prepare for heavy rain. Houston remains open. Updates will be shared hourly. https://t.co/ 2.2K views · 18 likes · 4 reposts · 9 replies 01 Sep 2026 At 11:30 a.m., Mayor Whitmire and Houston Office of Emergency Management will provide an update about the City's preparedness efforts and response plans ahead of the anticipated severe weather and potential flooding impacts. You can watch on HTV: https://t.co/nkIQbUtonj https:/ 1.7K views · 7 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies 01 Sep 2026